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L. W. BOYS;

BARBERS CHAIR. No, 268,992. Patented Dec. 12, 1882.

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To all whom it may concern NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LYMAN WV. BOYS, OF GUYAHOG-A FALLS, OHIO.

BARBERS CHAIR.

SZ PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,992, dated December 12, 1582.

Application filed June 5, 1882.

Be it known that 1, LYMAN WV. BOYS, of Guyahoga Falls, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in that class of barberchairs which are adapted to he tilted and rotated.

It also relates to improvements in foot-rests for such chairs, and in auxiliary seats adapted to be placed in' the chair.

The objects of my invention are to provide an improved construction of parts for supporting a rotating and tilting chair-body, and to provide a novel auxiliary seat which is supported by the chair-arms. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a chair embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a view in perspective of the auxiliary seat, and Fig. 3 a plan of the disk 0.

The chair is supported upon a column, A, having a broad hase,-and which may be attached to the floor, the top whereof terminates in a circular disk, B. Upon this disk is placed concentrically a similar disk, 0, a portion of the fropt of which projects beyond its general outer line, as shown in Fig. 3. The two disks are connected by a central bolt, permitting the upper to revolve freely on the other, and in the diskO is a hole adapted to register with a series of holes in the disk B. n

A bar, a, is pivoted on a rod resting in bearings in the plate G, and bears at one end a pin, 0, which rests in the hole in the disk 0, and enters any hole in the disk B with which the former hole may register. A spring, 0, continually presses this pin downward, and it is raised by a lever, D, attached to the end of the pivot-rod. By this device the two plates are held in any desired position with relation to each other.

The chair-body consists of a cast metallic frame, with upholstered back, seat, and arms, and is hinged to the plate 0 at the point i, so as to be tilted backward.

An indented segment, E, is pivoted to the No model.)

under front of the seat, and projects through an orifice in the disk G, by engaging the front edge of which it holds the chair at any desired angle. This segmentisconstantlypressed forward by the spring F, and is released at will by the lever G, pivoted to the chairframe.

The chair-back H is mounted in an independent frame, pivoted at the topic the chairframe, and pressed forward and held in any position by the irregular cam h, (see Fig. 3,) thereby adapting it to the convenience of the occupant. The chair frame projects from the seat downward, and thence forward, affording a support fora small platforIn,I, upon which to step in entering the chair. I

From this platform arise two arms, J J, for supporting a foot-rest, which can be arranged between said arms, one of which is shown in Fig. 1, and pivoted by means of a pin ,j.

The auxiliary seat L consists of a board or frame suitably upholstered, from the two ends of which project the short arms or bars Z Z, and by inserting these in the interstices l l of the chair-arms the seat is supported, upon which a child may sit and be thereby raised high enough to be easily operated upon.

I am aware that chairs adapted to be revolved and tilted are not new, and such I do not broadly claim; but

What I claim isl. The combination of the column A, having at its upper end the disk B, the disk 0, centrally pivoted to and adapted to rotate on the former disk, and having a front projection provided with a perforation, the chair-body "pivoted at its edges to the rotating disk, and

the notched segment E, pivoted to the chairbody and projecting through the perforation front projection of the rotating disk,'and devices carried by the latter for holding it in a fixed position, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the column A, having thedisk B at its upperend, the disk 0, centrally pivoted to and adapted to rotate onthe former disk, the chair-body pivoted to the rotating disk and adapted to tilt, the notched segment secured to the chair-body and adapted to engage and move with the rotating disk, the bar a, pivoted to the latter and having a locking-pin, 0, adapted to engage with perforalions in plate B, and the lever D, pivoted to the rotating disk, substantially as described.

t. The combination, with a chair-body hav- 15 In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 20 have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of April, A. D. 1882.

LYMAN W. BOYS.

Witnesses:

J. O. CASTLE, C. P. HUMPHREY. 

